The Isla Intersections development slated for a city-owned property at 283 W. Imperial Highway, will consist of a five-story building featuring 53 studio apartments reserved for formerly homeless persons and one manager's unit.

The project, designed by LOHA, will be built from shipping containers - allowing on-site assembly to occur within 30 days. This represents a significant time and cost savings over similar permanent supportive housing developments using more conventional forms of construction.

The full-construction timeline is estimated at 12 months, according to a representative of Clifford Beers Housing.

Plans also call for 900 square feet of ground-floor retail space, which will front a new shared street along the western property line. The space, called the Annenberg Paseo, is named for the Annenberg Foundation, which is helping to fund the project.